Taekwon-Do Versus Wing Chun/Kickboxing.?

I'm a little tired of hearing people say TKD is useless. I felt I had to come on here and boast TKD a little bit.





I recently faced a Wing Chun practioner who'd won many 'competitions' during his time of training, then again so have I. He was great at what he did, but the blocks aren't as effective as the kicks are too powerul and fast, their movement is fast, but they also move into you quite a bit, which he tells me that's their practice .. for me it just made it easier to land some hits.





As for kickboxing .. well, they seem to be quite slow in my opinion and it's easy to move in and score some hits, although be quick because their roundhouse kicks have some strength.





I've been doing TKD for 10 years now, people say it's useless. It's not .. it's just it requires a lot more dedication and practice to get good at it, so for all you TKDs out there, don't get disheartened, just train, train, train.

Taekwon-Do Versus Wing Chun/Kickboxing.?
" . . . it's just it requires a lot more dedication and practice to get good at it" . . . that's the key to any MA, not just TKD!!!
Reply:Thank you Sir.
Reply:Okay... that's not really a question, but whatever ya like.





Personally, I'd never say that TKD is useless. It's a fine "form art," and is actually just a defense-focused derivative of karate.


I'm not fond of the restrictive tournament rules in many TKD organizations (I'm looking at you, ATA), but that's just personal taste.





Every martial art has its strengths and weaknesses, and some people are more suited to certain fighting styles than others. Kickboxers can be fast and agile, but a lot of them rely on strength. Wing Chun competitors generally rely on speed and offense over tact and defense.





Personally, I like various Kung Fu forms, because I'm more suited to it (too bad I haven't taken a class in years :P). I've taken a little TKD, and I respect it the same as any other martial art.





My only complaint with your post, really, is that you almost sound like you're bragging. It's better to say "our styles are equal, but different" than to say "my style is better."
Reply:I practice TKD. I love this art even with it's limitations. Ive seen Wing Chun Masters and they seldom block like a TKD artist. They rather redirect and punch at the same time. I don't believe you were up a good representative of Wing Chun if you found it easy to get a hit in. I do find the beginners easy pray in sparing they are not used to being hit with the powerful TKD blocks this usually unnerves them a bit. Watch out though for the older skilled Wing Chun artist they will be less intimidated.


Never under rate TKD. It can be devastating in the right hands. Just look at Korean History and how they drove out the Japanese.
Reply:TKD is defenitely NOT useless. No MA is useless! Each focuses in different things and always offers you something. No matter if it is control over your body, discipline, self defence or offensive skills, you will get something form the MA.
Reply:lol! i totally agree.....i mean im a shaolin gung fu man and i went to a grappling tournament and got second place using tai chi,chin na,and san shou takedowns........its not the style its the practicioner.......unfortunatly alot of karate and TKD schools are "fake" and dont train forreal....then again so is kung fu.........if your style works for you and you train really hard..then it dosent matter.....keep it up!!!!
Reply:If you really want people to have some respect for TKD this is not the way to do it, if you talk like this the only people who will listen to you are other people who do TKD and you will probably end up makeing people who don't do it hate TKD even more





If you want to "boast" TKD enter a kickboxing or at least a Kyokushin tournament and win a few fights then get someone to record them and post them up and show us, at least go into a kyokushin type of fight where the rules actually favour TKD since you cant punch to the head but you can kick, you dont have to win just do well and post it to show us that TKD guys are as tough as they say





If you can't do well in a controled fight where the rules actually favour your style what chance do you think you have on a street?
Reply:Hey man ... it annoyed me too when I first came to this section to find out everyone bashed TKD.... I threw my fits too... I been out of TKD for 10 years... and all I read on here was Muay Thai was everything and TKD was crap.... I said fine I'll join a MT school and find out for myself... I found that MT is very effective... and so is TKD... The big blocks of TKD jus dont work against the MT round kick followed by a right cross, left hook, move in for the clinch knee to the face.... but outside of the MT round kick range... my eyes lit up and step side kick, round house, revese hook kick... and guess what.. the absorbsion or parrys taught in MT arent much good at defending those either.... choose the art you study because you enjoy it... the fact is you will never (never say never.. but ya know) face a trained MT fighter in a dark alley... If you have found a school where you like the instructor and you like the ppl you work out with... who care about some youtube video some teenager thinks proves everything to the whole world.... at first the guys in my MT school made off color comments about TKD ("It's a point based style right).. i said yeah so... but now they are changing how they sparr me (and frankly a couple of the guys there kick my ***,,,, I been out of practice for ten years.... but even in my hayday.. I dunno, these guys are good)... Dont let it get to you... but also take the time to understand different styles... if nothing else.. it will make you better at TKD... good luck
Reply:True...what people don't understand is the actual ART of martial arts. whenever martial arts is mentioned, first thing that pops into people's minds are mma. They always compare it to other martial arts. Who cares?!?! so what if someone from taekwondo loses to someone that does muay thai?!?! Can muay thai be compared to Taekwondo through its actual ART? I didn't think so. That is what people don't understand. Thank god we have someone that understands taekwondo and that it is useful...